The
journalists went to his office to collect news for the television channel’s
crime-based programme ‘Talash’.

Imtiaz Momin Sony told bdnews24.com, “Our
Talash team had information that Golam Maula Rony will give Tk 20 million to a
government official for a tender. So we went there to interview him. At one
point of the interview, he became agitated and started assaulting
us.”

Their camera and microphone were also smashed, he
said.

Leaders of the journalist union rushed to the site and after their
intervention the MP apologised to the injured journalists.

Rony said he
would give compensation for the damaged camera and pay for the treatment of the
assaulted journalists.

Dhaka Union of Journalists general secretary
Shaban Mahmud after the meeting said, “The incident took place due to a
misunderstanding.”